Cork City Centre Strategy Final Report 2022

About this report Cork City Revitalisation Action Plan

Key sources

City Council information, including: • Cork Joint Housing Strategy • Derelict Sites Register • Draft City Development Plan 2022-2028 • Joint Retail Study and Joint Retail Strategy for Metropolitan Cork • Pedestrian Movements • Planning applications pipeline • Vacant Sites Register • Record of Protected Structures Research of third party papers and reports, including from: • CSO • Department of Finance • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform • Euromonitor • Eurostat • International case studies • KPMG • Night-time Economy Taskforce • Project Ireland 2040 • Revenue Commissioners • Southern Regional Assembly • Urbact

Summary approach

Primary research

Delivery

Direct consultations with key stakeholders, including but not limited to: • Bus Éireann • Cork City Council • Cork Opera House • Cork Chamber • Cork Business Association • Construction Industry Federation Deaf Association • Culture and arts groups • Irish Hotels Federation • Local Enterprise Office • Savills • We Own the Night

Consult with key stakeholders to understand progress made since the existing Strategy was published and to identify interventions and actions for the period to 2025.

Prepare an action plan that reviews growth potential across a number of key themes, with guidance on priority actions in short term. Our suggested actions enable the Council and its partners to realise growth in the city centre.

Input from stakeholders and specialists integrated across all workstreams.

Secondary research

Review economic, social, and spatial trends locally and internationally to create a

framework to update the Plan for the period to 2025 and beyond. This analysis ensures that our research is informed by latest data and insights.

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